A Native of Winchester, KY, William Swanson grew up around books and the dark recesses of the video store. A graduate of the University of Kentucky, he crafted theses regarding the works of Eric Bogosian, whose profane and verbose subversive ethos was an inspiration, and the symbology of Excalibur in the King Arthur myths. Whether being a dungeon master, or writing scripts for YouTube fan films, William was always considered to have "voice" for a variety of characters. It is these factors that inform his darkly humorous outlook on the world, and his interest in themes of justice, the occult, guns, sex, drugs, and punk rock music.